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Disposable People

…Source and Remedy of the National Difficulties, Stephen Leacock’s The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice was serialized in the New York Times. At its core was the same dilemma at the heart of…

First

Back in 1919, in the Schenck v. United States decision, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes reasoned that Schenck’s right to speech was not protected under the First Amendment because: The most…

The Lewis Powell Court

…attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department. Senator Collins (ME) was the only Republican to vote “aye.” Members also continued work on a bill to create new science and technology…